I have an html setup like this:
<div class = "myClass">
<div>
<a>Content</a>
<p><a>Content</a></p>
</div>
<p><a>Content to CHANGE!</a></p>
<p>Content</p>
</div>
I simply want to add 10px margin-top to the one labeled "Content to Change". This <p> is a direct child of class="myClass" I beleive and it's the FIRST one that is a <p>;
however this CSS style isn't working:
.myClass p:nth-child(1) {
margin-top: 10px;
}
OR
.myClass > p:nth-child(1) {
margin-top: 10px;
}
Anyone see why?
Because p is not the first child of .myClass. The <div> is. Use:
.myClass p:first-of-type
You may also want to use
.myClass > p:first-of-type
to select the child explicitly.
Related
On this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1725486/2519402 to a question, it states:
It sounds like you had h1 .myClass instead of h1.myClass - there's an
important distinction:
h1 .myClass { } /* any element with class="myClass" within an <h1> */
h1.myClass { } /* any <h1> with class="myClass" */
I don't have enough points to ask my question as a comment on that answer.
So, based on what is said above, shouldn't the following code work:
<style>
h3 .h3nobtmgn {
margin-bottom:-20px;
}
</style>
<h3><strong class="h3nobtmgn">Why would I need or want this item?</strong></h3>
Yes, but vertical margin styles won't work on an inline element like <strong>. http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/box.html#propdef-margin-top
So your CSS selector will target the correct element but the style you applied will have no effect.
For that to work you can try:
<style>
h3 .h3nobtmgn {
display: block;
margin-bottom:-20px;
}
</style>
<h3><strong class="h3nobtmgn">Why would I need or want this item?</strong></h3>
Yes it does.
h1.myClass would change the appearance of
<h1 class="myClass">...</h1>
And h1 .myClass would change the appearance of
<h1> ... <span class="myClass">...</span></h1>
You will see through http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/trysel.asp that when you are doing div p it will select all p inside of div. So, the answer is yes.
here is a sample: https://jsfiddle.net/r5d0kkb5/
which shows selectors for div p and div .B and also div .A for your thoughts.
Code:
<div class="A">
<p >
A
</p>
<p class="B">
B
</p>
</div>
Css:
div p {
background-color: cyan;
}
div .B{
font-size: 32px;
}
div .A{
color: red;
}
.outer a:not(:last-of-type) {
color: red;
}
<div class="outer">
First
Second
<div>
Third
</div>
Fourth
Fifth
</div>
Is there a way, to target all <a>'s inside div.outer (I can't think of way to target the one inside ) container? The only workaround I can think of is css: .outer a:not(.last) and adding .last to last <a>. Any ideas? Background: The main idea why I'm doing this, is that I have elements, which line near edge of container, so each of them has to have margin of 10 from right, except last one. In this case, i don't have to type class margin-right-10 in each <a>, its just my own style I'm following.
If you number of levels inside .outer is known (or limited) you can extend selector like this:
.outer > * > a,
.outer > a:not(:last-of-type) {
color: red;
}
<div class="outer">
First
Second
<div>
Third
</div>
Fourth
Fifth
</div>
The part .outer > * > a makes sure that deeper links are also included into matched set.
UPD. Version #2 that also takes into consideration situation when the nested links are the last:
.outer > *:not(:last-child) > a,
.outer > a:not(:last-child) {
color: red;
}
<div class="outer">
First
Second
<div>
Third
</div>
Fourth
Fifth
<div>
Six
</div>
</div>
.outer > a:not(:last-of-type), .outer > div a
Works as well, but without changing your markup.
Let's say my html looks like this:
<div class="container">
<... some html here ...>
</div>
I want to get the first direct child of .container.
I could do .container > div:first-child but that's assuming the it is a div which is not always the case.
Use the :first-child pseudo-class without a tagname:
.container > :first-child
This will grab any element that is the immediate first child, regardless of its tagname. This is similar to the way in which we use other pseudo-classes such as :hover which alone targets any element, while a:hover targets only the hover state of anchors.
Not using the element itself, but a class is a better solution and way more semantic for so many reasons.
And give the class to the children of the element, not only the container like this:
HTML:
<article class="container">
<p class="blah">First paragraph...</p>
<p class="blah">Lorem ipsum...</p>
<p class="blah">Dolor sit amet...</p>
</article>
CSS:
.blah {
background: red;
color: white;
}
.blah:first-child {
background: #000;
}
You can see it in action here: http://jsfiddle.net/Roobyx/ygP4B/
I'm trying to set the background color of the first div with the class offer. I thought .offer:first-child would do the trick, but that isn't working.
I've also tried using :nth-child(1), but that's not working either.
Any suggestions is greatly appreciated.
My fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/MNQar/
CSS
.offer:first-child { background-color: indianred; }
.special-offers .title,
.special-offers .offer,
.special-offers .more {
height: 200px;
}
[class*="column"] {
display: inline;
float: left;
margin: 0;
}
.column2 { width: 190px;}
.column3 { width: 285px;}
HTML
<div class="row row-spacer special-offers">
<div class="column2 title">
<h2>Offers</h2>
</div>
<div class="column3 offer padding">
<div class="date">10. June</div>
<h3>Høyer tømmer lageret!</h3>
</div>
<div class="column3 offer padding">
<div class="date">10. June</div>
<h3>Super salg hos Vivikes</h3>
</div>
<div class="column1 more">
<div class="caret"></div>
More offers
</div>
</div>
.offer:first-child means "An element With the class 'offer' that is the first child beneath its parent", not "the first child with class 'offer'".
I believe you have to re-think how you do this. For example, stick a separate class to the first child or something, then use a selector like .offer.highlight.
CSS Only
This should work:
.offer { background-color: #ccc; }
.offer ~ .offer {background-color: transparent; }
It first sets all .offer elements to have a background color, then uses the sibling selector (~) to undo it for all subsequent .offer elements. Kind of a hack but it should be okay if you're not willing to use javascript. See here for a much more complete explanation: CSS selector for first element with class
And here's a fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/MNQar/4/
JS
Alternatively, this is really easy to do with Javascript: $(".offer").eq(0).css("background-color","#ccc");
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/MNQar/6/
The problem is that there is a div that precedes the first offer, making it the second element, not the first. The best solution is to give the first offer a different class, offer-first and use that. If that's not possible and the first offer is always the second child, you can use :nth-child(2)
Using :nth-child(2)
http://jsfiddle.net/MNQar/3/
I have the following code:
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="location info">
<h3>Location</h3>
<h3>should be no stlye</h3>
</div>
<div class="skills info">
<h3>Skills</h3>
<h3>should be no stlye</h3>
</div>
</div>
I'm trying to style the first h3 element after an info class. I thought this should work, but it dosen't:
.info:first-child {
color: color: rgb(200,50,50);
}
Why isn't this working? How should I style the first element in . info without adding extra markup in the html?
You need a space:
.info :first-child
The first-child pseudo element describes the element itself, not the children of the element. So, without the space you are selecting elements with a class of info that are the first child of their parent.
The space specifies that you are looking for descendants of .info. Since you are looking for just direct children, you should use the child combinator - >, and probably also specify only h3 elements:
.info > h3:first-child
Edit: I only noticed the problem with the selector. As mentioned in other answers (+1 to user1479606), you have a typo in your style definition as well: color: color: ... should be color: ....
You're not far away, try this:
.info > h3:first-child {
color: rgb(200,50,50);
}
But instead of using something like this, I believe the best approach would be to add a meaningful class to the first h3 - this will make reading the CSS and markup much easier in the future and it will prevent unexpected behavior when editing your markup. For example:
.info-title {
/* your styles here */
}
Your css is not correct, you only need to specify color once. You also need to make a more slightly change to your selector:
.info > h3:first-child {
color: rgb(200,50,50);
}
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/WSZcS/
I'm trying to style the first h3 element after an info class.
.info > h3 {
color: rgb(200,50,50);
}
If your h3 tag is not the first child element you can use
.info > h3:first-of-type {
color: rgb(200,50,50);
}